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Current Semester Posts
Post 1: Aesthetics Exploration
Post 2: What is your upcycling aesthetic and why?
Post 3: Upcycle progress
Post 4: Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic
Post 5: Upcycle Design Report
Post 6: Main project plans and inspiration
Post 7 2024: Main Project Aesthetics – Plans and Alternatives
Post 8 2024: Design Preview Report
Post 9 2024: : Top 5 specifications, top 5 constraints
Post 10 2024: Progress Since Design Preview
Post 11 2024 Final Report Part 1: What and Why
Post 12 2024: How and What Next?
Post 13 2024: Portfolio
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Current Course (2024)
Schedule 2024
Design Preview Specs 2024
Syllabus 2024
Initial Assignments 2024
Blog and Blog Comment/Critique Policies
Student Resources
Designers
Main Project Documentation Specifications
Upcycle Design Report: Cube Lamp
Fairy Tale Mirrored Candle Shelf
Stained Glass Motorcycle Helmet
Bottle Chainmail Cotour
The Drop-out Table: an homage to academic years and mid century simplicity.
Welded Wall E
Industrial Planter
Workwear Inspired Bouldering Bucket
Chain Clock
Post 5: Industrial Bedside table
Horse Purse
Cyberpunk Communicator
Post 5: Cactus Pot
Industrial Style Bar Cart
Aquarium Scuba Tank
Crafting Elegance: Upcycling Clase Azul Tequila Bottles into Vases
1970s/1980s Model Computer
1970s Record Side Table
Miyazaki-Inspired Airship
Blue Dragon Storm Vase
Upcycle Design Report: Surreal Symphony
American Bottlecap Astronaut
LED Googie Sign
Puck Pot: Recycled Hockey Stick Planter
Upcycle Report – Patchwork Totebag
Cottagecore Patchwork Jeans
Origami Animal Lights Decor
90s Hip Hop Inspired Denim Bucket Hat
Flowering Mushroom Book Decoration
Floating Bookshelf
Japandi Hook & Ring Game
Minimalist Knife Block with Re-used Wood
Upcycle Project – Cigar Box Mandolin
Picture Frame
Graffitied Skateboard Shoe Rack
“Floating” Wine Bottle Holder- Post 5
The Industrial Modernist Shelf
Rustic Picture Frame and Colorado Buffaloes Logo
Patchwork Shirt
Rustic Shou Sugi Ban Chess Board – Made with Mountain Barn Wood
MX-5 Diorama
Mid-Century Modern Origami Lamp
Trumpet Lamp
Upcycle Design Report: Rustic Mid-Century Wall Clock
Yassifying a Cantaloupe
Alternating Waves
Medieval Cyber Helmet
Brutalist Pencil Holder
Maximalist Victorian Wood-Toy : Toy-Train
Minimalist Denim Sun Visor
Hanging Planter: “Floating Bits of Life”
Rustic Table Coasters
The GEEN 1400 Special
Tensegrity Unused Brackets
Koho Topographic Scrap Wood Sculpture (virtual design)
Upcycle Design Report – 1950’s Signage
Minimalist Poster Frame
Upcycle Design Report – Organic Modern Furniture Piece
Naturalist Hangboard
Book End Table
Punk Box
Miyadaiku Puzzle-like Sculpture
Rustic Wall Art | Upcycle Project Overview
Pioneer Primitive Newton’s Cradle Design Report
Bolts – A Scrap Metal Art Piece
Industrial Disco Man
Paper Mache Head (Inspired by Duane Flatmo)
Wind City
Steampunk toaster
Artificial Wire Bonsai
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